Desmodium uncinatum
Spanish tick-clover
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- crop
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Fabales | Fabaceae | Desmodium
External: GBIF #2967319
2 AI-consensus-verified claims across 1 interaction category.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Desmodium uncinatum.
facilitation 2 claims
- This entity is the subject of facilitation on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: beneficial
“suppress the parasitic weed striga by a factor of 40 compared with maize monocrops”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedRickerl D., Francis C., Gliessman S.R., Nicholls C.I., Altieri M.A., Janke R.R., Dobbs T.L., Flora C.B., Schumacher T.E., Caldwell R.M., Salomonsson L., Lieblein G., Helenius J., Kirschenmann F. (2004) · Agroecosystems Analysis · p. 56 #6492130 - This entity is the subject of facilitation on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: beneficial
“silverleaf intercropped with maize repels stemborers”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 46 #6492487
Genus-level evidence
2 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Desmodium sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Desmodium uncinatum.
- facilitation · Desmodium spp. → Striga hermonthica · effect: beneficial
“Desmodium suppresses Striga through allelopathic exudates”
Bezner Kerr R., Madsen S., Stuber M., Liebert J., Enloe S., Borghino N., Parros P., Mutyambai D., Prudhon M., Wezel A. (2021) · Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review #6495164 - facilitation · Desmodium spp. → Zea mays · effect: beneficial
“Inclusion of a Desmodium companion crop triples corn yield”
Kuepper G., Dodson M., Duncan J. (2016) · Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources #6495592
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
allelopathy 2
- GloBI allelopathOf Striga hermonthica Hooper AM, Caulfield JC, Hao B, Pickett JA, Midega CAO, Khan ZR (2015). Isolation and identification of Desmodium root exudates from drought tolerant species used as intercrops against Striga hermonthica. Phytochemistry,117:380-387 DOI
- GloBI allelopathOf Zea mays Khan ZR, Pickett JA, Wadhams LJ, Hassanali A, Midega CAO (2006). Combined control of Striga hermonthica and stemborers by maize–Desmodium spp. Intercrops. Crop Protection, 25:989-995 DOI
pathogen pressure 1
- GloBI hasHost Desmodium uncinatum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=701723
crop interaction 3
- GloBI hasHost Desmodium uncinatum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=701723
- GloBI allelopathOf Striga hermonthica Hooper AM, Caulfield JC, Hao B, Pickett JA, Midega CAO, Khan ZR (2015). Isolation and identification of Desmodium root exudates from drought tolerant species used as intercrops against Striga hermonthica. Phytochemistry,117:380-387 DOI
- GloBI allelopathOf Zea mays Khan ZR, Pickett JA, Wadhams LJ, Hassanali A, Midega CAO (2006). Combined control of Striga hermonthica and stemborers by maize–Desmodium spp. Intercrops. Crop Protection, 25:989-995 DOI